Stereopticon.



Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

A A TTORNEY.

R. A. WHITEHEAD.

STBREOPTIGON.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 1911.

THE NORRIS'FETERS CO.. PHOTc-LITHO WAsHlNGTnN. D, C

f UNITED ,STATES OFF-ICE RICHARDl A, WHITEHEAI); for Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

T all whom it may concern sTEaEoPTIeoN.

Be it known that I, RICHARD AQWHITE- HEAD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in thel countyy ofLos Angeles and State of California, have invented new i and useful Improvements .in Stereopticons,

ofwhich the following-is al specification..

This invention relates to stereopticons or apparatus or devicesy for displaying pic tures or images upon a screen by the projecbtion of light through a picture record or succession of records; `and the invention has f for its object to provide improvements in ste'reopticons or similar apparatus or devices, of the vrcharacter stated, which will be su-.

' perior in point. of `relativesimplicity and inexpensiveness of construction and organization,=:facility of control and adjustment, and of adaptability to varying conditions of use and operation, and `which will be generally superior in` eHiciency and serviceability.

yAlthough, `the. invention contemplates a construction, provisionand operationl `of', parts, members vand featureswhich may be` utilized in general stereopticon constructioncapable of actuation, vas toits moving parts, in any suitable or -preferred manner;

s they construction andy organization of lthe,

same is particularly.iadapted'to operation byy and in connection with phonographic .or

, other sound producing` apparatus. Theapparatus or device mayathereforef conven'r iently and effectively be ,utilizedforfthedisplaying ofy images simultaneouslyf'with the rendition of a musical or other sound com-y position or production, the operation' ofthe stereopticon features being caused in the operation of the phonograph oi' similar apr? drawings, and linallypointed out inclaims.-

In thedrawings-Figure lisa side elevation, partly in section, of stereopticon ap-` paratus constructed yand organized in accordance with the Ainvention and/operatively n associated with sound producing apparatus such as a phonograph;y andFig. 2 is a horisv zoiital section of thefsaine, takenuponthe line a-), Fig. 1, and looking downwardly.

Corresponding parts inallfthe figures are.

denoted by the same reference characters.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Referring with particularity tothe draw- Patented SeptLS, 1914,y Application sieapAii'gustiv, 1911. seriaiiialeiaesfi.4 y. a I

ings, A;,designates.stereopticon apparatus,

and B, in .Ilig.. l, designates sound produc-y ing apparatus operatively associated there' C designates a picture'r'ecord.

in Fig. l designates thesound record of the sound producing apparatus B-,and 'Z designates lthe. sound-record` 4shaft of ythe sound' producing apparatus which is included rwithin the drive means I) shown.

tween the shaft 8 of the picture record C, 'or fpicture'record, shaft, and thedrivek means D.. These las including a cord or belt 9 leading to `a 'pulley' zlO `includedwithin the .operasy tive connections-F, which latter kare illus# trated as comprising ay transmission shaft 11, `geared in connection with the` picture record shaft 8, as at 12, both offsaid shafts 8jand 1l being suitablyv jo'urnaled in al casing ;13. The Yspecific organization .of the operative connections F is'not material lto the issues of the present invention, which l latter lcontemplates. the' employment of Lsuch operative. connectionsas lare bestv adapted to cause" the actuationof thekpicture record in* a. suitable mannerfor the( proper display ofthe images qthereondlyy Thev operative connections I?, are illi'istratedxasmounted upon .ya standard G mountedv upon ajbase H, the

F designates operative` connections be` drive means i arel illustrated 'standard having a Vertical foot 14 tting ina sleeve or` socketl lreceived `in a y tubular stem 1G4 4projecting upwardly from the cen-y tra-l portion of the baseIIr; together with a` ',mainyceiitral vertical portion 17 having a jrectangularly directed "topportion or head 18 and arrectangularly directed bottomxportion` or foot 19` connected ,with the `vertical foot 14. f rIlhe shaft :11 ofthe transmission i means F liesin'a vertical plane and the axis lofsaid shafty eonstitutesan@extension of axis of ,the vertical foot 14. The shaft y8 l ranges at right angles from the lshaft 11, and thepicture record C lis fitted tothe jouterend thereof and pinned toxadisk20 i `saai to Ithe shaft shy a butL si, there being a cap nut 22 applied yto the end ofthe shaft 8. l, .Uponthe `head lof'the standardv` .adisplay chamber 24, orvertical Slat in the y casing 23, within which the picture record C projects, said` picture. record consisting preferably of acircular disk 25"carrying the pictures or picture-portions which are suc,

cessively presented within the display chami, ber 2Liuponrotation of. the shaft 8.,. The.

it may revolve on an axis corresponding to tlieaxisvofthe. foot 14 ofthe standard G, and ofthe vei'ticalfshaftll ofthe operative connections F. The telescopic arm 28 comprisestwo members, 2811 and 28h, which may be. lockedI `inrelatively adjust-ed positions by` afthumb-screw 3l. TheV drive means D- further. include a. change-speed pulleyl 32 monnted'upon thel upper end of the shaft 26 v and connected.y by the beltv `9- with the pulleyxfl() upon the shaft ll. Thelower end '.offzthei shaft 26:, beneath theboX 27, is reduced'in diameter, or liattened,.as at 32, toenterja notch BSproduced in the "up endcofz-the;soundrecordZ shaft 7. The shafts 2G aind7may be keptE in alinement by a bushing or. jacket Slt fittingy over' both shaftendsL and provided withl al thumb-screw 35 lioldingfthe saineadjustably in position.

' The casing 13 is det'achfably land adj ustably mounted upon the vertical portion 17 of like entering lugs-41 in one side wall? of tle casing.

'f The operation, method of` use andi advantages of'` the improvements in stereopticons constitutingI the invention will be readily' understood from` the foregoingy description,

taken in connection :with the accompanyingv drawings and the' following statement- The* operative connections F servev to properly rotate the picture recorddisk 25 so as `to successively present they picture portions f or pictures-1- included f within or mount-v ed upon thesame, within the: displaycham ber 24, whereby ther projectingv means K suitably project the images l uponi a screen or: the like.` j

`In thesdrawing is-sliownsuclirelative arrangement andoperative association of.'y the parts and features of the stereopticon apparatusii, with soun-d .producing apparatus B, asr'permits ofthef actuation of the ope-rative connectionslF simultaneously with thel` phonographic=` or sound: producing apparatus B. To thatseiid,1 the shaft 11`ofthe operative connections F is-` vertically. dis-A perv posed, parallel with the vertically disposed shaft 2G. of. the drive means D, which latter shaft co-engages jwith the vertically disposed-sound record shaft 7. The box 27 of vthe shaft 26 being adjustably carried upon the stem-16 of the base H, by the telescopic arm 2S, said boX and the shaft 26 may be swung-into position so that the shafts 7 and 26 may co-engage, with the standard Gr suitably positioned so that the images pro-y jected" from the projecting means l may bev thrown in the desired direction. Thus, the stereopticon apparatus may be shiftedv as desired, around the axis of the shaft 7 of the phonographic apparatus B. The socket l5 may,.ifdesired, be turned in the steml, so as to turn the standard Gand cause the projecting means K to face in the desired direction, and, the axis of the shaft 1l beinganextension of the axis of the vertical foot 11i of the standard G, such turning `ofithe` standardzupon a vertical axis will not disarrange the belt connection between the pulley 32 andthe pulley l0. When the vphonographic apparatusB andv the stereopticon apparatus A are jointly operated,A

as by the shaft 7 of the sound record b', of

ythe images projected by the stereopticon apparatus, from the picture record C, maybe `related, synchronously, to the soundsor subject matter of the sounds, issuing from the phonographic apparatus. The operative connectionsI F may, however, beA driven in any desired manner;

The socketrl may be either rotatable in the stem 16, or fixedftherein, in accordance with the desireto either a`djustably'orxedly mount the standard Gr 4upon the j basel-I. therstandardfG, as-at 40,v byscrews or the I do not desire to-be understood as limit- Ling myself'v tothe particular provision, construction, formation, relative arrangement and combination of parts, members andfeatures, shown and described; but reserve` the and terms of the following Having thus described my invention I gclaimrand desire to secure by Letters' Patentl. Apparatus of the character described,

comprising albase, a standard rising from the base and comprising an uprightfoot,

a@ further upright portion connected with the foot', andtop'and bottom portions extending angularly with relation to the upright footl and the further upright portion, said-bottom portion constituting the-means of connection'between the foot and the further upright portion; picture projectingA means mountedv upon said top portion,

ldrive means, aL picture' record shaft, and foperative connections between the drive means and picture record shaft; said operative connections being mounted upon the further upright portion of the standard, and including a transmission shaft operatively connected With the picture record shaft and extending at an angle thereto and having its axis in coincidence With the axis of said upright foot of said standard.

2. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a base, a standard rising from the base and comprising a vertical foot and top and bottom horizontal portions and an intermediate vertical portion connected With the foot, picture projecting means mounted upon the top horizontal portion of the standard, drive means, a picture record, and operative connections between the drive means and the picture record; said operative connections being mounted upon the vertical portion of the standard and including a shaft upon which the picture record is mounted and a transmission shaft operatively connected therewith and extending at an angle thereto and having its axis in extension of the axis of said vertical foot of said standard.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

RICHARD A. WHITEHEAD.

lVitnesses:

C. P. WARDEN, RAYMOND J. BLAKESLEE.

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Washington, D. 03 

